This is an AAO appeal decision — a case denied once and appealed. It shows how the framework is applied; it is not the filing population.
The Petitioner, a physical therapist, sought EB-2 classification as an advanced-degree professional with a national interest waiver, though the specific proposed endeavor was not reached in the decision.
Field: physical therapy · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — not met
The Petitioner did not establish at least five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience as required to qualify as the equivalent of an advanced degree; employer and patient letters were insufficient and internally inconsistent regarding hours worked and dates of employment.
How the evidence was treated
- resume experience · discounted
“the Petitioner has not established that he has at least five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in physical therapy”
AAO decision text - other · discounted
“the letters do not provide sufficient information to determine the number of hours he worked”
AAO decision text
This record is one of thousands, each coded for the reasons it turned. A placement shows where your profile sits in that record, not what it predicts. See where your profile sits — 90 seconds →
Notable
The AAO resolved the appeal entirely on the threshold advanced-degree/experience issue (finding the Petitioner's combined full-time and part-time/self-employment claims inconsistent and unsubstantiated) and expressly declined to reach the Dhanasar national interest waiver analysis, reserving that issue as unnecessary to the outcome.
Authorities this decision leans on
From the doctrinal survivor set — 187 authority tests across 47 distinct authorities cleared the differential-lift gates. Only those appear here.
- Matter of L-A-C-
- Poursina v. USCIS
Cases in adjacent profiles
- The Petitioner, a pharmacist, proposed to work in the United States through her own company providing pharmaceutical reg
- The Petitioner, a Brazilian-trained physiotherapist, proposed to work as a physical therapist and entrepreneur in the Un
- The Petitioner, a resident physician in New York holding a Chinese bachelor of medicine (MBBS) degree found equivalent t
- The Petitioner, a music therapist, proposed to establish and expand music therapy services and community music programs
- The Petitioner, a physical therapist, proposed to work as a physical therapist in the United States while operating his